Severe storm aftermath (May 17, 2024)

On Friday's show: A major storm system (www.houstonpublicmedia.org/ar...) tore through the region last night, causing significant damage and leading to at least four fatalities from powerful winds and possible tornadic activity. We get the latest from our reporters in the field and Space City Weather (spacecityweather.com/) 's Eric Berger.
Then: A judge ordered a new election (www.houstonpublicmedia.org/ar...) for a seat decided in 2022. The Fifth Circuit heard Galveston County's defense of its redistricting plan (www.houstonpublicmedia.org/ar...) . And House Speaker Dade Phelan has 11 days to convince GOP voters in a primary runoff to let him run again. We discuss recent election-related developments with News 88.7's politics and government reporter Andrew Schneider (www.houstonpublicmedia.org/ar...) .
Also this hour: Ernie Manouse chats with Martha Davis (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_...) , the longtime lead singer for the American new wave band The Motels (www.themotels.com/) , whose ‘80’s hits, including Suddenly Last Summer ( • The Motels - Suddenly ... ) and Only the Lonely ( • The Motels - Only The ... ) were part of the soundtrack of many a Gen Xers’ youth. Davis and The Motels perform in Katy (fanimal.com/fanimal-event/wan...) on Saturday night.
And we talk about Houston's Salvadoran community and its food ahead of events in town next week celebrating a new cookbook (salvisoul.com/cookbook) all about it.